Franklin David Keim (1886-1956) was a professor at the University of Nebraska where he studied plant genetics, grasses, and grazing.
[4] Wayne ultimately also became an agronomist, professor, and chair of the department of agronomy at Colorado State University.
[5] After completing his bachelor's, Keim worked at the University of Nebraska as an extension agronomist.
Keim's interest in plant genetics lead him to pursue a PhD with Emerson, now at Cornell.
From 1945 to 1946 he was sent to France to teach plant genetics and agronomy to US army soldiers waiting to return home from the war at Biarritz American University.